It looks like each instance wants an instance-specific login, but my federated account is searchable, so I should be able to link it. Problem is, I can’t figure out how.
Help me, programming.dev
It looks like each instance wants an instance-specific login, but my federated account is searchable, so I should be able to link it. Problem is, I can’t figure out how.
Help me, programming.dev
The “Login with Mastodon” button isn’t like “Login with Google.” It just lets you import things like your name, email, handle, profile picture, and follows to use on your new account. You still need to create a password for your pixelfed login.
I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what federated means. IMHO, it would be really cool if there were an easy way to share and remove a profile across instances that wasn’t stored on a server, and it was yours and yours alone to do with what you like.
Rather the exeption then rule, but it can be done if instances add it. For example social.edu.nl for all vocational and higher education in NL uses OpenConext to let you log in with your institution account.
That’s a bug, imho
Nah, it’s simply not a feature that exists. They’d need to implement an OAuth system or something along those lines.
But even if they do, what happens if the instance you authenticated from shuts down? You probably won’t be able to login anymore without having credentials there as well.